This depends upon The Periodic Table GROUP to which an element belongs to.
protons:40electron:40neutrons: can vary, however, the main isotope has 80
Valence electrons are the electrons in the outermost energy level of an atom. They are involved in chemical bonding and determining an element's reactivity.
Silicon. Electronic configuration [Ne]3s23p2
The group number of an element on the periodic table corresponds to the number of valence electrons it has. For main group elements (groups 1, 2, 13-18), the ones digit of the group number gives the number of valence electrons. For transition metals and inner transition metals, the number of valence electrons can vary.
Elements are located on the periodic table based off of their atomic number, but the vertical columns they are in (groups) show how many valence electrons they have. If an element were in Group 3 of the periodic table, it would have 3 valence electrons, and so on. This doesn't apply to the Transition Metals, so one should skip straight to Group 14, where the elements all have 4 valence electrons. Group 15 has 5, Group 16, 6, etc. The one exception to this is Helium, which is in Group 18 but only has 2.
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It indicates how many electrons are required to complete a full valence shell.
valence electrons are electrons at the outermost shell as we all know, group in PE can be determined by looking at the valence electron thus if it is in group 1..then the valence electron is 1
The number of valence electrons is the same number as the column of on the periodic table. Hydrogen has one, Calcium has two, etc. However, Helium may only have 2 and is an exception and Boron only wants 6 to fill its octet.
if the outermost shell of an element is completely filled that is, if it has 8 or 18 electrons which makes the outermost shell complete. Than we can say that the element has acquired the inert gas configuration.
For main group elements the column number is a concrete indication of then number of valence electrons (and therefore oxidation number). And since it tells you the number of valence electrons you can get a substantially reliable idea of how reactive the element is
They are the same! Elements in group IA (alkali metals) have 1 valence electrons. Elements in group IIA (alkaline earth metals) have 2 valence electrons. Group IIIA (boron family) has 3 valence electrons, and so on.